Pykes Hill Nickel Deposit

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities PGE, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039360
MRDS ID M047016
Record type Site
Current site name Pykes Hill Nickel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.83253, -28.82952 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 MILES EAST OF LEONORA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.83253, -28.82952

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Total resources 15000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1 wt-pct Nickel Trace 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COGHILL, IAN, 1971 , AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL WEALTH: MALVERN, AUSTRALIA, SORRET PUBLISHING PTY, LTD., P. 154

  • Reserve-Resource

    RECORD W006840

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MID-EAST MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.